La Liga Gameweek 29 Fri, Mar 20 2026 · 20:00 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal
3–1 Full time · HT 3–0 xG 3.51 – 1.16
Real Sociedad
  • Gerard Moreno 7’
  • G. Mikautadze 15’
  • N. Pépé 23’
  • 47’ L. Sučić
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Villarreal beat Real Sociedad

Villarreal entered as narrow favourites and won 3–1 through goals from Moreno, Mikautadze and Pépé. Real Sociedad replied through a Sučić goal. Villarreal finished with the higher xG (3.51 vs 1.16).

Villarreal ✓45%
Draw28%
Real Sociedad27%

Model vs reality

Villarreal goals
3
Model 1.40 · xG 3.51
Real Sociedad goals
1
Model 1.02 · xG 1.16
Total goals
4
Model 2.42 · xG 4.67
Score 3–1
4%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 44%
Both scored
Yes
Model 49%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchN. PépéVillarreal · 1 goal
8.2
  • RefereeMiguel Angel Ortiz Arias
  • VenueEstadio de la Cerámica
  • Table before kick-offVillarreal 4th · Real Sociedad 7th

Timeline

  1. Gerard Moreno 1–0Assist Santi Comesaña
    7’
  2. G. Mikautadze 2–0
    15’
  3. N. Pépé 3–0Assist G. Mikautadze
    23’
  4. J. AramburuYellow card · Holding
    38’
  5. Half time · 3–0
  6. ⇄ L. SučićFor Jon Gorrotxategi
    46’
  7. L. Sučić 3–1
    47’
  8. ⇄ D. Ćaleta-CarFor Zubeldia
    54’
  9. ⇄ O. ÓskarssonFor Brais Méndez
    68’
  10. ⇄ ElustondoFor J. Aramburu
    68’
  11. ⇄ T. BuchananFor Gerard Moreno
    74’
  12. ⇄ Alfon GonzálezFor Alberto Moleiro
    74’
  13. Gonçalo GuedesYellow card · Roughing
    78’
  14. ⇄ A. ZakharyanFor Mikel Oyarzabal
    82’
  15. ⇄ T. ParteyFor Santi Comesaña
    89’
  16. ⇄ Dani ParejoFor P. Gueye
    89’
  17. ⇄ T. OluwaseyiFor G. Mikautadze
    89’
  18. Full time · 3–1

Team stats

Villarreal21 shots · 17 in box, 4 outside
Real Sociedad11 shots · 4 in box, 7 outside
VillarrealReal Sociedad
36% Possession 64%
3.51 Expected goals (xG) 1.16
2.53 Expected points (xPts) 0.36
21 Shots 11
10 Shots on target 4
8 Shots off target 4
3 Blocked shots 3
17 Shots inside the box 4
4 Shots outside the box 7
369 Passes 669
79% Pass accuracy 89%
4 Corners 5
3 Goalkeeper saves 7
10 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 6
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7.19 Team rating 6.60

Line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

16.7 Luíz Júnior(G)
246.7 A. Pedraza Sag 126.6 Renato Veiga 67.2 Pau Navarro 157.0 S. Mouriño
207.5 Alberto Moleiro ↓74’ 187.2 P. Gueye ↓89’ 147.6 Santi Comesaña A↓89’ 198.2★ N. Pépé
97.5 G. Mikautadze A↓89’ 77.2 Gerard Moreno ↓74’
  • 1Luíz Júnior (G)6.7
  • 24A. Pedraza Sag6.7
  • 12Renato Veiga6.6
  • 6Pau Navarro7.2
  • 15S. Mouriño7.0
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↓74’7.5
  • 18P. Gueye↓89’7.2
  • 14Santi ComesañaA↓89’7.6
  • 19N. Pépé ★8.2
  • 9G. MikautadzeA↓89’7.5
  • 7Gerard Moreno↓74’7.2

Substitutes used

  • 16T. Partey↑89’
  • 10Dani Parejo↑89’
  • 17T. Buchanan↑74’6.2
  • 11Alfon González↑74’6.6
  • 21T. Oluwaseyi↑89’

Unused: Arnau Tenas, Sergi Cardona, Rafa Marín, W. Kambwala, A. Freeman

Real Sociedad 4-4-2

18.0 Álex Remiro(G)
176.5 Sergio Gómez 56.2 Zubeldia ↓54’ 316.6 Jon Martín 26.3 J. Aramburu ↓68’
116.2 Gonçalo Guedes 186.9 Carlos Soler 46.2 Jon Gorrotxategi ↓46’ 76.2 Barrenetxea
106.0 Mikel Oyarzabal ↓82’ 236.2 Brais Méndez ↓68’
  • 1Álex Remiro (G)8.0
  • 17Sergio Gómez6.5
  • 5Zubeldia↓54’6.2
  • 31Jon Martín6.6
  • 2J. Aramburu↓68’6.3
  • 11Gonçalo Guedes6.2
  • 18Carlos Soler6.9
  • 4Jon Gorrotxategi↓46’6.2
  • 7Barrenetxea6.2
  • 10Mikel Oyarzabal↓82’6.0
  • 23Brais Méndez↓68’6.2

Substitutes used

  • 24L. Sučić↑46’7.9
  • 16D. Ćaleta-Car↑54’6.9
  • 6Elustondo↑68’6.7
  • 9O. Óskarsson↑68’6.5
  • 21A. Zakharyan↑82’6.3

Unused: Unai Marrero, Aihen Muñoz, Tomy Carbonell, Wesley Gassova, Ibai Aguirre, Pablo Marín, Jon Karrikaburu

Player stats

Top rated
N. PépéVillarreal8.2
2nd
Álex RemiroReal Sociedad8.0
3rd
L. SučićReal Sociedad7.9

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Luíz Júnior G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 60% 10 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
A. Pedraza Sag M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 73% 26 1 5 0/0 0/0 6.7
Renato Veiga M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 81% 32 0 3 0/0 0/0 6.6
Pau Navarro D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 34 2 3 1/1 0/0 7.2
S. Mouriño D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 80% 40 6 2 1/1 2/1 7.0
Alberto Moleiro M 74 0 0 1 (1) 1 83% 29 0 0 1/1 1/2 7.5
P. Gueye M 89 0 0 3 (0) 2 76% 46 3 3 1/1 2/0 7.2
Santi Comesaña M 89 0 1 0 (0) 3 85% 48 1 1 0/0 2/1 7.6
N. Pépé F 90 1 0 3 (2) 4 84% 31 0 0 1/3 2/4 8.2
G. Mikautadze F 89 1 1 6 (3) 3 78% 18 1 0 1/4 0/1 7.5
Gerard Moreno F 74 1 0 4 (3) 1 74% 38 1 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
T. Partey M 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Dani Parejo M 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
T. Buchanan M 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.2
Alfon González F 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 2/3 0/0 6.6
T. Oluwaseyi F 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Real Sociedad

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Álex Remiro G 90 0 0 7 sv 0 96% 24 0 0 0/0 0/0 8.0
Sergio Gómez D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 87% 63 4 0 0/1 1/0 6.5
Zubeldia D 54 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 41 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Jon Martín D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 89 4 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
J. Aramburu D 68 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 54 1 2 0/0 2/2 6.3
Gonçalo Guedes F 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 70% 37 1 0 1/2 2/3 6.2
Carlos Soler M 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 91% 70 3 1 0/0 1/1 6.9
Jon Gorrotxategi M 46 0 0 0 (0) 2 92% 39 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Barrenetxea F 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 88% 51 1 2 1/2 2/1 6.2
Mikel Oyarzabal F 82 0 0 1 (1) 0 82% 22 0 0 1/1 1/1 6.0
Brais Méndez M 68 0 0 1 (0) 1 81% 53 1 0 0/2 1/0 6.2
L. Sučić M 44 1 0 2 (1) 0 94% 48 0 2 2/2 0/1 7.9
D. Ćaleta-Car D 36 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 33 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Elustondo D 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 17 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
O. Óskarsson F 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
A. Zakharyan M 8 0 0 1 (0) 0 67% 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.